The Arabian Horse His Country and People by Major-General Tweedie

A MAP OF THE
COUNTRY OF THE ARABIAN HORSE, AND A DESCRIPTIVE GLOSSARY OF ARABIC WORDS AND
PROPER NAMES

by

MAJOR-GENERAL W.
TWEEDIE, C.S.I.

This work is a must
have and an important addition to your Arabian horse library

This amazing work
was orignally published in 1894 and was considered one of greatest books on
Arabian Horses ever written. The author takes the reader to Arabia, the natural
habitat of the Arabian Horse. He relates through interesting chapters the early
history of familes of Arab Horses, including accounts of other travelers to
Arabian including Wilfred and Lady Anne Blunt, presents a list of strains from
which present day breeds have developed and includes much information of Bedouin
customs and methods of breeding. This includes a glossary of Arabic words and
proper names, a chart of colors proper to Arabian horses, giving Arabic names ,
explanations and remaks on colors, the five main (Al Khamsa)divisions of Al
Ku-hai-Lan and more.

CONTENTS;

COUNTRY OF
THE ARABIAN

I. Preliminary

II. Definitions

III. Peninsular
Arabia

IV. Exoduses of
Bedouin out of Najd

V. SHA-MI-YA: or
Deserts west the Euphrates

VI. AL-JA-ZI-RA: or
Deserts east the Euphrates

VII. EL A'RAK: or
Tigris-land

THE
BREEDERS OF THE ARABIAN

I. The horseman
makes the horse

II. Where did the
Arabs come from?

III. Of the Bedouin
as horse-breeders

IV. Horse-breeding
among the settled Arabs

A GENERAL
VIEW OF THE ARABIAN

I. The Arab's love
of his horse

II. Foreign
estimates of the Arabian

III. The Arabian
compared with other varieties, in respect of constitution and character

IV. Defects of the
Arabian

V. A summary

THE ARABIAN
AT HOME

I. On the origin of
the Arabian breed

II. The typical
Arabian

III. The Arabian in
SHA-MI-YA and AL-JA-ZI-RA

IV. The Arabian in
EL A'RAK and east the Tigris

CONCLUSION

I. Of buying
straight from the Bedouin

II. Of buying in
Arabian and I'raki towns

III. Of procuring
through consulates of consuls

IV. Of buying
Arabians which have been exported

V. On the proper
treatment of the exported Arabian

INDEXES

I. Being a
glossarial index and supplement to all references to Arabic and other foreign
words

II. Index of
subjects

This book was
originally published in 1894 , this is the 1961 edition by Borden Pubublication
and includes color plates, art, photos and the fold out map. 411 pages. Hard
cover, lacking dust jacket, very good condition